Information Specialist Contracts with Work from Home Options

Information Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Information Specialist daily rate in Work from Home is £170 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 456 602
Rank change year-on-year +119 +146 -120
Contract jobs requiring an Information Specialist 7 18 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.046% 0.070% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.074% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 14
10th Percentile - £536 £385
25th Percentile £165 £600 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -73.85% +8.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £563 £732 £775
90th Percentile £655 £835 £900
UK median daily rate £500 £650 £525
% change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +32.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £74.79 -
UK median hourly rate - £74.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,235 24,337 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 95.31% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,550 17,175 30,867
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 560 606
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.70 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.25 £25.71 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £54.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.10% +55.71% +42.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Information Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Information Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Information Specialist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Information Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Information Specialist.

Information Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Information Specialist over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Information Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Information Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Information Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Information Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (71.43%) ISMS
3 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Logistics
3 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
3 4 (57.14%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (57.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (57.14%) Risk Register
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 3 (42.86%) Wiki
5 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (14.29%) ITIL
6 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (14.29%) QA
6 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (14.29%) SaaS
6 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (14.29%) CRISC
6 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (14.29%) Data Privacy
6 1 (14.29%) CISSP
6 1 (14.29%) CISM
6 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management

Information Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Billing
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 3 (42.86%) Wiki
3 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) ISMS
3 4 (57.14%) Logistics
3 4 (57.14%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) Risk Register
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (14.29%) Data Privacy
5 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) Security Management
5 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CISM
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
1 1 (14.29%) CRISC
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (57.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Qualys